Embracive
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Disposed to embrace, or fond of caressing.
"Not less kind in her way, though less expansive and embracive, was Madame de Montcontour to my wife, as I found on comparing notes with that young woman, when the day's hospitalities were ended."
Example
More examples"Not less kind in her way, though less expansive and embracive, was Madame de Montcontour to my wife, as I found on comparing notes with that young woman, when the day's hospitalities were ended."
Etymology
From embrace + -ive.
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